Word: tehran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Debates in Tehran and Cleveland bring the campaign to a climax
...spots, handshaking tours, charge and countercharge seemed little more than an arduous overture to the possibility that Iran would decide to release the 52 American hostages, and to the reality of the face-to-face TV confrontation this week between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. How the debates in Tehran and Cleveland are decided could fulfill the dreams of one candidate while shattering those of the other-or, possibly, result in inconclusive dithering...
...thing we did not want was an announcement about the hostages by the President Sunday night during the debate." The later in the week, Reagan's advisers figured, the less chance there would be for Carter to steal the show with a dramatic announcement of good news from Tehran...
Rumors of a deal feed hopes of freedom for Tehran's American captives...
...Tehran has suffered only infrequent, light air raids by Iraqi planes. When the sirens go off, people on the street carry on as if nothing has happened. Nobody dives for cover: they just look up into the sky, hoping to see a dogfight, even though the state radio and television constantly remind Tehran residents that they should take the air raid signals seriously. Most people have covered the window panes of their homes or apartments with thick black paper or tin foil, in order to keep the lights on during the blackout. The reason is not so much the fear...